Ask ME Questions- I'm a first yr.

LAC_operon
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:34:36 +0000

Honestly: I don’t know: I don’t recommend my choosing method: debating till the last minute (seriously: I waited until the post office was closing at 1pm on may 1st (it was a Sunday) - they stamped the Grinnell, Whitman envelopes, then i waited until the outside box closed at 5pm, waited until the inside box closed around 8pm to finally mail the letters) I called Whitman on may first, talked with a student in the admissions office who told me about picking Whitman over Stanford, and I asked: do you have thermocyclers? (used in PCR: DNA amplification in molecular bio protocols) I wanted to go to a school with a good sci program that allowed student use of machines like thermocyclers (i know at some big schools like UC Berkeley, many students don’t have access to technology like this until grad level work). so: you could say the deciding factor was the thermocyclers (which i realize sounds crazy). but I called Grinnell on may 2nd and asked if there was a way to recind my choice and actually say yes: i thought i made the wrong choice and debated telling Whitman no and saying yes to Grinnell - Grinnell said i could do that and gave me about a week to decide - i ended up staying with Whitman bec on may 2 (later on) Whitman called up and gave me a huge science scholarship from NASA - i didn’t want to give that up to go to Grinnell - so i thought i would go to Whitman, if i don’t like it, then transfer to Grinnell or Carleton. I don’t think I will transfer (I love Whitman), but you never know… (ps, i answered the questions about frats earlier people responded to my response - where did it go? does anyone know if something happened to recent posts?)